Thursday, June 9, 2016

Force Select Tufto 7th In USHL Draft:

This is posted on the Force website:

USHL Draft: Phase 2 Results

05/03/2016

By Staff

The Fargo Force selected forward Peter Tufto with the seventh pick overall, along with eleven other forwards and nine defensemen in Phase 2 of the 2016 USHL Draft on Tuesday for a total of 21 draft picks. The coaching staff also selected local Fargo player, Cody Haiskanen, who played with Davies High School and graduated in 2015. He played last season with the Portage Terriors in the MJHL. Local Moorhead player, Isaac Howe, was also selected. He played last season with the Moorhead Bantam AA.

Peter Tufto, the first pick for Fargo, is a forward out of Chaska, MN. Tufto played last season with the Vernon Vipers in the BCHL where he posted 65 points in 57 games, tallying 25 goals and adding 40 assists. Prior to starting his junior hockey career, he played with St. Thomas Academy High School in Minnesota where he suited up in 71 regular season games over three seasons. Across those three years, he amassed 120 points, scoring 47 goals and notching 73 assists. He is committed to Quinnipiac University following his junior hockey career.

“Today’s Phase 2 of the USHL Draft is extremely important in building next year’s team,” said head coach Cary Eades. “With how hard it is to score in today’s game, we went after proven goal scorers with our early picks and then filled in other needs with some versatile defensemen and aggressive players. Look for a bunch of these guys to wear the black and blue next season, while others can be placed on our affiliate list where they can develop elsewhere next season for future Force teams.”

For Phase 2, USHL teams selected players from multiple birth years (1996-2000) looking to fill their protected lists with players who will compete for roster spots for the 2016-17 season. Phase 2 continued until all USHL teams had secured 45 players on their Initial Protected List. That list includes affiliate players from the 2015-16 season, players selected in Phase 1, and players signed to a tender.

Being drafted doesn’t guarantee a spot on the tpeam as all players selected will be invited to the Fargo Force tryout camp in June in Fargo to compete for a spot on the 23-man roster for the 2016-17 season.

For more information regarding the draft, please visit the official Fargo Force and USHL websites.

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The Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1982 through the vision of Vernon resident and sports enthusiast, Nick Alexis. With the support of Vernon City Council, Alexis and a dedicated group of volunteers created a series of outdoor exhibits celebrating the region’s dynamic sporting history in Vernon’s Cenotaph Park. That same year, the new organization unveiled its first round of inductees to the Hall of Fame. Several years later, in 2001, the Hall of Fame moved its exhibits into the newly constructed Vernon Multiplex now known as Kal Tire Place.

About Me

I first created this blog in November of 2008. This coming season will be my ninth season doing this blog. I was born and raised in Vernon, BC and have been going to Junior Hockey games in Vernon since I was a young child. I purchased my first set of season tickets in 1990
I have had season tickets for the last 26 years, Since 1990 I have missed 42 home games.
In September of 2009 I missed my first home game since 2002-03 wich my streak of 236 straight Vipers home games came to an end. Ive missed just three Vipers home games since the 1998-1999 season.
I worked with the Vipers back in 2003-04 as colour comentator helping out with a few games over the internet. In 2011 I helped deisgn, create and put together the Vipers new website for the 2011-12 season. I ran and updated the Vipers website for five seasons, keeping all staff bios and pictures updated, adding new game photos, doing a game preview on game days, as well as adding any Vipers news, scores or BCHL news through out the season.
Over the years I have travelled to Victoria, Dauphin & Camrose to watch the Vipers in the RBC Cup. I was also at the 1990 Centennial Cup & 2014 RBC Cup in Vernon.